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TIL that John Travolta has Functional Airport With 2 Runways At His House

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6v0l TIL that US veterans can have Mjölnir, Hammer of Thor, engraved in their headstones as a religious symbol.
5YAr9 TIL In 1978, two Monty Python comedians shot a scene dressed up as John Lennon and Paul McCartney and then tourists, thinking they were the Beatles, asked for their autographs, while the actual George Harrison, who they didn’t recognize, stood nearby laughing his ass off.
WW48 TIL that every July there is a spike in mortality rates and medical errors in hospitals due to medical students coming in as new interns. It’s called the July effect and/or Killing Season.
RZ4w TIL Sir Hans Sloane visited Jamaica, where he came across a local drink; cocoa and water. Disliking it, he decided to add the cocoa to milk. He brought he recipe back to England and is now credited with the invention of chocolate milk.
ADdo4 TIL nuclear blasts bleach everything around it, leaving behind etchings of anything getting in the way of its light, resulting in 'shadows' of people around the blast site